MRV Adds Circuit Emulation Services To OptiSwitch 900 Demarcation Device For Cellular Backhaul
Chatsworth, CA - MRV COMMUNICATIONS, INC., a leading provider of products and services for WDM and optical transport, metro Ethernet, fiber optic components, 10GE, out-of-band networking and other service aware networking products, today announced new pseudo-wire circuit emulation services (CES) for its OptiSwitch 910-M (OS910-M) demarcation device platform.
By integrating the CES technology into the OS910-M Gigabit Ethernet demarcation device, service providers can offer a migration path for transporting T1/E1 circuits over Metro Ethernet packet-switched networks. The OS910-M allows the implementation of multi-port Gigabit Ethernet and CES gateway functionality for cellular backhaul applications across the Metro Ethernet network.
"Packet switched networks offer such compelling economics for wireless carriers that it makes sense to use them for cellular backhaul," said Noam Lotan, president and CEO of MRV Communications. "With our new CES support for the OptiSwitch 910 we give carriers a cost-effective platform that also leverages our award-winning OAM capabilities to help reduce operating expenses."
The device serves as a wireless base station device for CES over IP, MPLS and switched Ethernet networks. Typical applications include TDM services over Metro Ethernet, cellular backhaul with precise clock synchronization or broadband wireless networks. The OS910-M CES solution incorporates G.823/G.824 "synchronization interface" clock recovery, jitter compensation, layer 2 VPN encapsulation (VLAN stacking, MPLS pseudowire), multi-layer QoS support and support for transport of structured and unstructured TDM signals over a packet switched network.
The OS910-M CES solution enables the most comprehensive and standards-aligned OAM with integration of IEEE 802.1ag connectivity fault management (CFM) and ITU-T Y.1731 performance monitoring to assure the value-added services of circuit emulation over metro packet network with highest service level agreements.
This CES-enabled model is compliant with industry specifications and standards including IETF pseudo-wire edge-to-edge emulation, Internet drafts for TDMoIP, structure-agnostic TDM (RFC 4553) over packet and CES over packet switched networks, along with the latest standards and specifications from the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF3/8).
"Carrier Ethernet has the versatility and scalability to make it an incredibly appealing option for service providers that need a cost-effective, reliable solution to offer their customers," said Stan Hubbard, Ethernet analyst for Heavy Reading. "MRV's demarcation devices offer both the functionality and reliability to integrate into a carrier network, enabling service providers to save on capex and opex, and provide features to meet the growing bandwidth demands of their enterprise customers."
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SOURCE: MRV Communications, Inc.